Nassau Post 19171221; Title

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ISSUED ON FRIDAY.
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
GENERAL CIRCULATION
VOLe 8. NOa 20e
FREKPORT. Ne Y. FRIDAY DECKMBER 21. 1917
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAH
ROOSEVELT HELPS RED CROSS DRIVE
BIGS FOR LOTALTT
Big Mass Meeting at
Hempatead in NatioH
Wide Gampaiga
Coloniil TJcodore Rooserelt, Miss Julia Marlowe and Dr. Allen Mac- UoRRle opened the Red Croas Drive for 30,000 menabcrs In Naasau Coun¬ ty by Rreat meetings In Hempstead Sunday. "There are four stars on the aervice flag flying at Saffamorc Hill," said Herbori S. Houston, Man¬ ager of the Morberslilp f'ainpalgn. In introducing ('olonei lUjosevelt, "and 'We all know he f.irneBtly dosir4»d to he the fifth star. Uiit behind the ser¬ vice flaK of the flKhtinK army is thn Tied CroRH Fla« of te Army of Mer¬ cy, anrl Colonel Koosevelt Is helping us mijcbtily to put ,30,000 membership crosses on that Hag hy ('hrlstma.s."
(Colonel ll()().-^l¦vl¦l| said:
"I aiipeal to Na.ssau Tounly to do Its full share and a little more than Its full share in tho Christinas Drive of f.lo Amerifsin Ited ("ross to se- eure 10,000,000 additional miMnbers for the army of slicnKtli and mercy wlilcli ili ,slaii(liiiK behind the soldii rs of (he flghtiuK lines. Cliristnias time is iipptoachlntr. We are all of us KoiuK to do our best to make Christ¬ inas hapiiy for the children in this counlry. inchidin'.; tlic cliildren whoso falliers ai'c in caitip or on the flght- \rni line at this time. r.,et us al.so do our Christnia.s duty to those same fat^iers and to our son.s and brothers in camp and on the righting line by joinInK the Red Cross. It is .in or¬ ganization devoted to practical hu- iTiauitarian ,servi('o in peace and in war. "^lic War |),'par!iiiciii audits Its accounts, reishing' and tlie men in France depend upon it. It is work¬ ing for onr army, it is vvoiklii;: for (llir navy, ll is working for our allies —now lot us all In our turn work for it.
".N'an.sau Coiiniy ha.s ic.-ipoiidfd finely to the call for volunieers to tho army and navy, In addition to furiiisbiii,'; j^lndl.v its full (luotii of itio drafted ni» ii. It h.is done iiiore l!aii its iiiloiied share in r.'iisint; money in the ^iiciii V. M. C. A. drive. Il liiiK subscribed iiiori' than it.s al- loltod .share for llic LIIhtIv Loans, Now let us do iiiiH'c than our duly for the Hod Ci'oss, and if wo do less than tlii> utiiio.si we can do we arc not doing our duty! Tho American Red ('I'os.s is vvorkin'-ic at !ioin«. and abroad. It is working for the -\llios, and it is wor lv ing for our own jieo. plo. In France the .Amoricaii Rod Cross is poi'foi'Hiin.i; a mission of vi¬ tal Iniporiance. Through its civilian relief it is Helping in tho trtMuen- doiis ta.sk nf restorin.i; one and ono- lialf millions French refu-^eos to nor¬ mal life in tho devastated '/.ones. It iiiis ereelod iirrciil wari^hoiiscs. filled llieiu Willi food and clothing, with furniture, tool.s and hospital goods, and thtvse aro being distributed. The Rod (^I'oss is helping to n^biiild ruin¬ ed vilhmes, il is liolpiim to see t'.iat rariiiK arc ii.u-ain boiiiK tilled, it is liolpin.!.; to reiiiiiio families. Throu.!:h lis own saiiitariuiiis it is helping lo care for a half million tiihercular eliildi'oii. It is visitinu: und rolldviiig Illi' families of thr .-soldiers at the
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Suppose there are five members of your im¬ mediate family. That means twenty-five small gifts for Christmas. Why not eliminate these and pool your funds for the purchase of this wonderful iastrument which actually Re-Create« Music?
Chabbuck's Drugstore
FREEPORT, N. Y.
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
MORTGAGE TAX
Divided Among the Vil¬ lages-Road Funds Distributed
On Friday last the Board of Su¬ pervisors ailwiatod the sum of |24,- 803.21, whieh the County Treasurer reported he had on Jand and which had hoen collected as taxes on mort- gaRes from November 1, 1H16, to Oc¬ tober 31, 1917. Tlie monies were dis¬ tributed as follows, the sumft credit¬ ed to the respective Supervisors go¬ ing into the General Fund of each township: To Supervisor of Hemp¬ .stead, $!»517.57; to Supervisor of North Hempstead', .?4378.13: to Su¬ pervisor of Oyster Hay. J7707.8!); to the Village, of Freeport, $460.14; to VilLiKo of Floral Park, f70.7.'-); vll¬ lnge of l.av^rence, $382.C7; VilaRO of Rockvillo Centre, $337.47; Village of HiMiipstc-vd, $:!77.f)n; K.ast Rockaw.ay, $7;i.71; I.ynhronk, $103.37; Codar- liurHl, $134.30; IxinR Beach, $434.70; U'oodshurg-h, $51.f)0; .Mineola, $!l8.nO; IMandoHio, $2!I.M; Sands Point, $218.- 48; Floral I'ark (lies in two town- ships). $16.23; Great Nock Estates.
$r)l.l!t; Village of .'Saddle Rock, $20.- 80; Soa Cliff, $210.50; Farmingdale, $52.33.
The Board apportioned the itoras of $1.50,000 and $250,000 provided for in tho county budget for the current year, and which are based on esti¬ mates of the County Superintendent of Highways for road maintenance and Improvement, in accordance with the raileaKe of the various roads In the townships of the (»unty.
The following araounta wero dia- trlhuted :
Town of HerapateAd, 113.61 mllea; maintenance, $57,160; lumprovement, $95,250.
Town of Nort^ HerapBtead, 73.35 miles; maintenance, $S€,900; im¬ provement, $61,500.
Town of Oyster Bay, 111.06 miles; maintenance, $55,950; innprovcraent, $93,250.
The Hoard approved the appoint¬ ment by the County Treasurer of .Miss Mabel Van Cott, of Hempstead, as stenographer in the County Trea«- uror's office, at an annual salary of $1000, The appointment is made from a civil .service list.
The Supervisors accepted t'.io con¬ tract of Alliert H. Hart, Jr., of l.yn¬ brook, for furnisliing all material and labor to construct concrete But¬ ters, catch basins with vitrified piric Mtriricd horseshoe agricultural tile on Hempstead Avenuo and Broadway, at l.ynlirook.
front. It is helping the French army. It *ias nine great warehouses in Franco supplying no less than 6000 I''r('nch military and civil hospitals with surgical dressings, doctors' ap¬ paratus of all kind.s, and all needful supplies gathered from every part of itie United States. It has opened can¬ teens where thousands of French sol¬ diers ci'ii liathe .and disinfect thoir clothing, ,ii;(M a simple luoal for a fow cents and sleep in comfort before lli(>y tako the trains for their homes. Recently to Italy it has sent over $1,0011,000 in money and needful sup¬ plies.
"Al home t'.ie Rod Cross is supple- mciiling the gDvernnieut in givin.tr fi¬ nancial aid to the dependent rniiii- lies of soldiers and sailor.s. 'U'liat i.< (•V(>n Dioi'i' iniporlaiit. however, it is seeking to aid those families to iiiniuiiiin t'.icii' standards of health, ediiiatiiii and industry. The Hed Cross pif>i)oses that whon the sol¬ diers and sailors return from the war they shall lind that tho families on- 1 rusted to the care of the lied Cross have maintained as far as is''huiiiaii- ly possible the os.sentlal standards of iieine life.
"In doini-', this work it has actively oiiga.i;ed three t'.ioiisand chapters and ten thousand branches and auxilia¬ ries ilu'oiijrlioiit the I'nitod Stales. It is aiding the military auC.ioritics in controllins sanitary eoiiditioiis in the civil cominunitios adjacent to army eneampuuuits and naval stations. It does this only on re(iuest from the stat(; and on the reeomiiiondation of the Surgeon-General. It works in t!ie closest ".larmoiiy with the Y. M. C. .\., Kniiihts of (¦olunibiis. and the I'oiiiiiiissiou on Training Camp -Activ¬ ities
¦'It is iloing its best to help our soldiers at home and ahi-oad. In l-^urope it furnishes the army and ii.'ivy haso liospital.s all the supplies and o(iuiiinient needed. It is acciiiu- lilatiiig an ciioriuoiis amount of hoti- pital supplies foi- our soldiers and sailors. Through its Hold directors it is supplying tlie moii in the can- toiiiiiciiis Willi sweaters, inutller.s and the like, and ciuorgeiu y medical siip- 1)1 irs lo t'.u' anny and navy medical ..(lieci's. Oicr a half million kuilted garmeiUft have iocn distrilmiod to the enlisted men of the army and navy. It lias orgiini/cd during f>io liisl oi^lit uKiuihrt .">7 army and navy base hospitals, over a dozen of which have already boon sent into service in France. It lias organi'/.ed already 4.') aiuluilanei. euiiipanles with a personnel of Gi^oO men. Some of ilieso coiiipniiies are serving in France and others in eaiitoninont.s in this country. It is eari'ving on in I'^riiiu'c liiorally couiitltss niilitary re¬ lief actUiiios, and iis work will con- sianlly increase a.-* long as the war Koes on, in order to meet Uic de¬ mands that will he made upon it.
"Last June tie Hed Cross asked the .Americiiti peuple for $l(lii,()liO,O0l). In resj^onsc the Ainericaii i>eople siil)- .serihed !pi20,0i)ii,()Oii. The Wav Coun¬ cil have now asked the Red Cross in the lield lo enroll lii.oOO.OOO new iiiemliers during Christmas week. Uet this tie done in t'.ie name of .Aiuorica! The money brought in will lie u good thing, but a far -lietter than will be the fact that t'^' succesis of this Membership Campaign will bring home to the peoplf of this country a full sense of their obligatious to America .and to all suffering man¬ kind, and will make tliem realize the. neeessity that every mau and every woman in the couutry must organize, whether in the line or back of it. To win this war as it 'should be won v*e need a disciplined nation at Cieback of a disciplined army at tbe front. We, the people of ibis democracy, must ourselvetf supply tlie uec«8iui.ry di8c'ipllD«.
"The Hed Crois» ia 8upi>lyiD.g and diatrlbutlux flftet^^ tooa ot hospital
and gi^neral relief supplies every month. Fourteen t'.iousand Red Cross nurses havo enrolled for service. A million women are working on sur¬ gical dressings, hospital garments, refugee clothingr and knitted gar¬ ments. .Many thousands of men aro woi'king in the Ked Cross lospital units, ambulance corps, iind relief associations. Let us all get behind these women and thi^se men.
"If on Chrlstnias moi'ning the Red Cross can announce to the world Cial 10.000,000 more Americans havo .ioined it, and tlieiohy signify their un(iualifled support of ouj- army and navy and to our nation in this war, I bo moral effect will be of inestima¬ ble value."
.Miss Julia Marlowe .stirred great oiiihiisiaKni by reciting "The Battle il.vfuii of the Hepuhlic," "Fliinders' l''ici(l" and John 11. Finloy'.s new liociii "The Spirii of the Hod Cross," and Dr. Allen MacRossie, who has recently returned from France, told of Ited Cros.s work on the liring line.
A CHARMING STORY BY FREEPORT LADY
This week there comes from the press of tbe Roycrofters a book by a well known citizen of Freeport, .Mrs. Isaliol Irene Klteiicb. The book follows closely upon the triumph for .suffra.i'.e on election day and fore¬ casts the influence of eaual suffrage upon "Tho Girl of the Golden p-u- iiiic," that bciii.ii tho title of a work thai tar e.\ccls its title in chami of subject and treatment.
It is a tirst book, but not a first pulilicaiion. as Mrs. Fltericii has written rather (>.\t(>usively on those suhjii'ts dealing with the broader lifi. for women. It is fitting that it slioiild be publis'.jcd hy the Unycrott- ii's ai Fast .Xiirora, .\. V., and had its lOiiiulei', KIbert Hubbard not been oiic of thai band of brilliant .Anieri¬ eaii lights who wont out in Ilic sink¬ ing of the lairiiiania, "Tho Girl of I'.ie Colden Future" would have made ll.'i' appeaiancf some time ago, an it was no loss a critic than he who lu'i'dii'ted its success and urged the iiii'hor lo write I'or a bigger i>iiblic. i:il)( It Hubbard becaiiu^ the iiispini- tiijii to a great many men and woiik u iu 'v'.ioiii he saw Uif possibilities for .Tcliiev I'inont and who are now jusii- fyiiig bis far seeing faitli in thein, ;ind it is not unlikely that a Freeport wo'uan will b(> one of them.
A trite little bit nf social pbiloso- |)liy a human interest sketch also by .Mrs. Klterh'h appears in tho Christ- jiias number of t'.ie Roycrofter Mag¬ azine. The iie-vv book will be on sale at Ihe leading book stores of the elty (lilll alM) in Fi'e(>port.
HV.U (KOSS
Wo acknowU (Ige with thanks the fol'iowiim contributions: .Mrs. R. Sea- vi r Barrie J.'i; .Miss licrtha Colburn, $X; a member. $5; .Mrs. J. S. Sum¬ ner, $5: hiisy Hees. $1. Total $24.
Kindly make checks payable to the t'neport Branch, American Red (Toss and send to .Mrs Alfred T. Davi'son, 11(1 Pine Sireet, Freeport.
SPEdAL AT THt STiU.SI*
.\ special Christmas bill has been urraused by Manager Kdel, of tae Sii'and Tlieatre, where .Marguerite Clark will be been aa tbe star in a phoiuradaptatiuu uf Haus Chrititiau Anderiion'B .<well known fairy tale, "The Seven Swans." The btory Is for children of all ages and deals with the adventures of a certain FriactHiB Twtsedledee and ber »«veo brotlMni.
KAYSER COMPANY DISnUBUIES GIFTS
Julius Kayaer & Company, of Hork- vlllo Centre, gldve inanufacturers, will distribute thJElr annual Christ¬ mas Rifts on Frlllay, December 21. In recent yeara the firm would dis¬ tribute gold coin, but under tho pres¬ ent conditions the firm feels that they Bhoulci help the igorernment attain the end It deslrea. In view of this fact, Julius Ktijt^T k C<i. have pur¬ chased War Saving Certificate Stampa, which they will distribute to their employees at RockvUle Centre, as well as thefr entire fourteen mills, employing a total of 750O peo¬ ple. The firm njakes, this gift to their employees In appreciation of their efforts toward tlie success of the business, at the same time help¬ ing our governmett and also helping tho employee's to l)e thrifty.
¦While thoy hav(l a complete organ¬ ization al Rockville Centre, they can still use a numbej of girls over six¬ teen years of afe and pay well wnile learnlnR. ahp work is light and clean, and tie mill is kept In perfect sanitary clndltion.
LONG ISI SEIlWi
IDR.R. STAMPS
UNCLE'S CHIPS
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Have you paid your dollar, joined the Red CrosH colony and got your banner and your candle in readiness for Chrlstniaa Fve? Col. Roosevelt, who is leading the Red Cros.i ddrlve, will be do-Hg.ited tn enroll you. His address is Sagamore Hill, Oyster flay, Naasau County, N. T.
At the request of the Governnnent, and in order to assist in the raising of funds for carrying on the war, tho Long Island Railroad has comple;.ed arrangement.s for placing on sale the now War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps at ticket offices, prin¬ cipal freight agencies, and at other points where there is a possibility of disposing of them either to the gen¬ eral public or to employes.
As in tho case of the campaign for the two Uberty Ixians special efforts ("ill ho mado to encourage investment in t^ie War Savings Certiflcatoa and Thrift Stamps, on the part of em¬ ployes of the Company. Children of employes will also be urged to be¬ come investors siyd aid tho Crovern- mont with their savings. It i3 ex- r.'.'fed I'lat I'epi'osentativcs will be piesc^nt iu pay cars to sell the ttamps and certitlcatos to employes whon oe- jni; paid off.
In a genetal appeal addressed to all eiiiployoH of the l.ong Island Raii- loi'.d. General -Manager J. li. i-'avag.> says:
"It is requc^sted that every one in torost himself in this proposition, and ihat special elTorls be uuulc to have the children of employes. <i3 wr^ll ».^ Iho ctiildi'in of the public, |)e.:ome iii- lei'istod in pui'ehasing, parlieiilarly l.'io Thrift Stamps. Here is i tin: o')- poriiiniiy for those vvho '-'oiil.i not purchase Liberty Bonds to lend their savin.us to the Goverament. The rate of interest is 4 per cent, compounded (luartcrly, and is as much as, or in .some cases more than, the iuterpst jiaid by savings banks."
War Savings Certificates arc in reality |5 bonds of the United States (iovi'i'niiieiii inaturing in live years. They will be offered for sale in Oe- ccniber, 11117, and January, 1918, at .¦111.12 eaeh, and will be redeomrd at their full face value of $5 on-January 1, lit23, If held to inalurity, they will net the investor 4 per cent in¬ terest, compoiinded (juartorly. The stamps increase in cost one cent monthly, beginning with February 1, 1!(18.
The Tlirifi .Stamps are of the val¬ ue of 2.') cents each. They Ixar no iiitirest, but w.ien 10 of them have been acquired thoy ma.v be exchanged for a War Savin,i;s Certificate, by pay¬ ing the (liffereiico bd-ween $4 and the price of the W'ar Savings Certifle'ite in the month the exchange is made.
OFFER FAIR GROin<DS TO GOVERNMENT
.\t the iinnual nieeting of the yuitMis-.N'iussaii Agricultural Society, held at .Mineola on Saturday aftei'- noon last, the meeting authorized S(H'retary Van De ^V"ator to communi¬ cate with Secrotary of War Newton 1). Haker, offering t ^u- use of tho l.'ilir Grounds and the buildings to the Federal authorities. Sugiiestions were made at the meeting that the lar^e buildings on the grounds could he used as a ho.spiial for convales¬ cents or as barracks for a small num¬ ber of soldiers.
A board of tlve din-ctors was chos¬ en at the meeting who with tlie four now in olflce will meet at a future date and choose a president, \ko- president and secretary for the So¬ ciety. The hew directors are .1 Cor¬ nell Remsen, of Jamaica; Stephen T. Willets, of Norlh Hempstead Ixitt Van De Water, Jr., of Hempstead; Rol>«rt Seaman, of Jericho, and John 11. Vandeveer, of Klinhurst.
At the end of this month Thomas II. Daion will have served thirty-sli years as treasurer of the Society. Mr. Hacon trill retire this year and will not seek re-»l«ctlon ovring to falling .lealtli. He hAs beeo uaanager of the borae departxueut of tlte So¬ ciety for tb.e past twenty-wveo years.
Apparently the editor of the Rock¬ ville Centre Owl has got haok from a journey that has taken him as far woat as the Flatbush Station. Felici¬ tations npon his return in safety to the editorial tripod and the bosom of his RolicltouB readers, and our sin¬ cere regreta that his temper has been ruffled by the vlclsaltudeB of travel upon that celebrated artery of com¬ merce, the I.>ong Island Railroad. To his sympathetic 'subscribers the edit¬ or confides the belief that hack of courtesy among this railroad's em- employes is on the upgrade, indeed "a triiveler being frequently scowled up¬ on for prosviming to ask a question." Such a complaint from so represen¬ tative a resident of hustling 11. V. C. naturally has our full sympathy. Per¬ haps the scowling minion did not rec¬ ognize his distinguished pas.senger in his new winter traveling suit of liot- tled green. Perhaps it was some such question as "Does thi.^ train stop at New York?" a natural enough question for an untraveled passenger to ask. thou.eh the railroad man m.iy have thought It foolish. Perliaps the train man had lost a night's ..sleep in ar.srumcnt with a spouse unduly sat¬ urated wit'a suffrage ideas and was in bad humor. Perhaps—but, no mat¬ ter, the fact is that somebody do- servos blame. Why not place it upon the broad shoulders of President Pe¬ ters, who has survived more cussing probably than any president since the days of Poppenhusen. The fault of Brcthcr Peters lies in the fact, it scorns to us, after weighty considera¬ tion of tie incident, that suflicient discrimination is not exercised in the selection of his employes. Otherwise tmin men -woiild know the difference between an editor and an ordinary piece of R. V. C. commuting cl.ay and repiilato their countenanoos accord- in.;j;iy. ,
Don't lot us gro"w nervous over the rumors from Washington about dis¬ cord In the Shipping Board. Thlnss will work out all right. Disagree- Tnents are bound to occur between dollar-a-year citizens and the ad¬ mirals, whom they boss. Truth Is. there are too many of botli on the same jo'b. .Meanwhile the building ot ships Is steadily going on, nothwith- Atandlng impressions to the contrary. Offlciai figures show that tJere are already under construction or con¬ tract 9,359,308 dead tons. The timid Congressman who deplored all this talk of discord and the inveBtigatlons hy {'ongress as so much washing of dirty linen in public, sure to hearten <!lermany, might share with us the thought tbat fats arc exceedingly scarce in Germany, and soap i.s scarcely used at all, and let it go at that. It might be recalled to him, by the way, that the hntli never In all history aroused such pleasurable emotions among the Teutons as the Homans, for instance. Tactitiis, in Ills description of the former as hard (liinkcr.s, gamblers, brawlers and braggards, even leavi^s the Impres¬ sion that they were lousy a.'i well.
They do say down in 'S'ork that Col. Harry P. Keith was the almoner of the .Mitchell campaign fund in Uiiecns. Whatever he did with it, he si>ent none of it in -Nassau Countv. There wasn't any election day for i;i.n Demnerats of this county. Thori' vv,-i.«n't oven the smell of money for ilu'ir district loaders. The purity of the ballot cannot be questioned in all Nassau this yoar, so far as they are conci rned. Their records as clean as a whistle.
"When Mr. Justice Crnpscy told the Hroome Coimty Bar .Association how he deplored "the tendency of some of our judges to cut loose from their lit^s with tlieir follow lawyers" and that "tho sense of oxclusiveness man¬ ifested i)y s(»me of them seems to be undemocratic," the .cravity of his ju¬ dicial associates is understood to have been seriously disturbed. Some of thorn are said to have smiled, nne or two snickered, and several laughed aloud, thus conveying thi^ impres¬ sion that coming from one so notice¬ ably disposed to flock by himself, as it wore, His Honor's address was somewhat in the nature of a judicial jo.^h, and the further impres.sion that his gubernatorial bark is now fairly hiiinehcd upon tho troubled political itreaiii. What with Khm Hrown in Ihe Wo.it, "William Barnes in the Mast mul Justice Cropsey in nroomo and Kings, Gov. W'.iitman doubtless real¬ izes that ho is dealing with noiiher slackers nor slugsaids in his efforts m secun. his rcnooiinatiou.
Tho South Side Observer wants to know who this Coniniissionor Wil¬ liams is who refuses the children of Kockvile Cintre the privilege of skat¬ ing on tho abandoned pond.s of the Hrooklyn watershed. That's easy. He's the chap wLio has been "re.eu- laiing" the water supply of the big city for Mayor ;Mitchell, Kvorybody on the Pipe Line from Ridgewood to .Massapequa knows him, and some of thera to their soi-row. If it is true ihat it takes nine tailors to make a man, it is equally true that the small¬ est (if glass hlown boUles will hold two Williamses. .Mayor Hylan will undoubtedly disposses him on Janu¬ ary 1 ,and Village President Wright's Mliplication in behalf of children skaters will midoiibtedly be granted by his successor. l.it not the V. P. weary in his well doing for his com¬ niunity.
That MiichoU campaign fund was worked ujiiin t^ic society people as iiidustrifjusly as Hilly Sunday evi^r '.voi'kcd the jmblic. If tliere is any iiicmlier of onr north shore colony of oiuilcnt \\lins<^ iiaiuo is not eni- balnied in the ofncial records al Al- liauy. 1( t's have it for iniiuediatc pub- liiaiion. llverybody and everything from .Mayor Mitchell to the mosqiii- to(;' 1)1" Nassau, lias Ik en cheered by l!:os(. public benefactors. Think how iiiiich ^.'ood might have been done our indigents and tuberculosis victims by these contributions to the Alitchell ruud. and how little gootl tho fundi iiselt' proved t'o ht^. The right to pour ihoir contributions into a horse pond, if thoy so chose, is not disputed, but how much better use might have been made of them by the executive secre¬ tary of tbe Nassau County Associa¬ tion anrl bis staff of willing workers for luiman kind.
HEALTH REPORT HEMPSHAD TOWN^
OLD MIlK~BOTTLES
The Town Auditors Will
Mc6t Forty Days
Additional
At its meeting on Monday the Town Hoard of Health listened to a report road by Health Officer Dr. "William Rhame. The report told the Board that the Health Officer had v1sit«d Ix)ng Heach and found that DOiblng hnd been done to connect the sewer nn Penn Street with the trunk sewer. Dr. Rhame said that he had written to Sanitary Inapector Dr. Frank Ov¬ erton nnd that the latter advised him to take the matter up -with the Town lioarrl and wait for further instruc- lons.
Tho report continuing reada: "Jiidt;e Jones telepnoned a complaint from a .Mr. Rest, of Aviation Field No.' 2, concerning impure milk. Mr|. Beat show<'d mo two bottles of milk lie had bought (Campbell's bottles); the bot¬ tles looked as though they had been oliiaiiied from a junk dealer and not washed at all. .No name or grade on cap. We went to the dealer, a Jew, and found ho was also selling loose milk. Wo consulted the medical of¬ ficii- in charfi;e. In about ten min- ulos we wont back to forbid further sale. Found shutters up, pad lock on door and dealer gone."
The report stated that the Health Onicer in company with Deputy Health Offleer Charles Smith had vls- Isted the butcher shops in Inwood and had fnund no horse meat in any s'.iopK. All meat inspected bore a .:;()vernnient stamp.
Cnminunicahle diseases reported by the Health Otticer for the month were Mumps, 1; measles, 3; German meas¬ les, ;>; scarlet fever, 3; chicken pox, .'); (lipthei'ia 2; spinal meningitis, 1 (Camp .Mills) ; tuberculosis 1.
The Town Board granted permis¬ sion to Isador Maypr, of Freeport, to koop pigs (ill The Vandewater Farm at llciiip.stead.
The Town Board granted permis¬ sion to the Town Board ot Auditors to nuH'i one "..undnd aTul twenty days _ cacti year, hi ginning in 11)18. The' Auditors requested that they he per- iiiiiicd to meet 1.^0 days a year. They now inert eighty days each year.
T: e r.oard voted to allow propriet¬ ors of ))vllins places where the Bol- ilii l•^- ;uul sailors vote is counted a simi not to exceed five dollars for iictn.-^l and necessary expense*. i
It is ;ui .^pon secret IIkU State Com- Miiltecman lierlrani Gardner will unit his post of Deputy Internal Rev- , nue Collector on the :ilst inst., and possibly hecome identified with th<' ;noro stirring activities of Wa.shing-' 1011. This should be happy news to relix, of Hempstead, and F'elix, ot Kreoport. Felix means ^lappy, you know, and yet how can either be per¬ fectly happy If ho has no Gardnrr to IM'g st(me.s at'.'
Chancellor von Ili^rtlinB gravely asserts tUat Germany's conscience is char as regards tbe origin of tlu' war. A Oerman conscience must be almost as curious and wonderful a thing as a Goruian God. Hy the way. the Kaiser has not once In three full weeks fcllowshipped publicly with God—a truly lamentable and impious neglect on the part of His Majesty. Perhaps that Italian .<'tieck lias put a crimp into his religious convictions.
The name of Claus Spreckles la iiardly oue to conjure with as a pub¬ lic benefactor. If memory serves i*- right he is somewhat of a sugar king himself, whose vaulting ambitlona liad to be crimped by olber sugar kings A case somewhat analogouB to that of the Kntente Allies againfc-t tbe Kaiser. .Meanwhile the public confidence In Hoover wUl hardly be iiuitaired by auy reQectlous cast upon bim by tbe Callfomlan during a Con- KreeakUMU bearlsf.
La Folletto i« like a crook(>d stick in a ten-cord pile of wood. He fits into nothing. He disorganizes Die whole pile. Vanity, absurd egotism, .'lbsolute absence of what makes a I man companionable, combine with ( wi'oiig-headednc.^s to make him per¬ sona non grata. If this man is ex- ji'llod it will b(\ in i)art at least, becau.si' nobody likes .'lini. .\nd as Ihe I'tiitiHl States loses nothing and Wisconsin loses nothing iu the elimi¬ nation of a near-traitor from the na¬ tional councils, so the hmiian fellow- sl'ip of Senators will suffer nut at 1(11. Hbullient humor, quick play of Ihe mind, even stinging satire that (ompcls respect are hifKing in I.a Follitte. He is a mere deiiia.^ogiu'. a (b iiiago.iiiie unredeemed and unre¬ deemable. Hrooklyn Masle.
Sonic word jxiinting, tliis. A lifi like piciiiii at that.
.\moii;; otliir nlloctions of the Hempstead hKiulrer Is one to the (fleet that there are a lot of sweat¬ ers on the store eoiinters at $2 per which might Ic madi' useful to the boys in tho trenches. If the editor knew anything about knitting he would know that sweatcr.s Is sweat¬ ers, however slovenly made or wheth¬ er they resoluble a meal .Hack or a frayed out 8to<-king leg. Judging from some of these creations of the fair sex, there is lacking a true con- eipilon of the shapdy ftggers of our boys for which they were knitted to adorn. However, let the good work go patrioticRlly on, oven if there is a mistaken impression abroad that a sweater must be like a woman's i*kirt because it is put on over the head.
The Kansas City Star reports thai there are 5000 Apaches in the South¬ west who might be called to the col¬ ors. Tlie idea is worthy of the atten¬ tion of Secretary Baker. Their uav- age acconipllshments would doubt¬ less lend variety to the aitrocitles practiced at the Front by the Kul¬ tured children of tbti Fatherl«od. Tbey might even strike terror to the Mul of a PruaaUn wltb tbelr experi¬ ence in tbe gentle art of handltoK the scalpel. A few German profeasors, iot ioatance, deprivod l>y tbe Aimcliea
ONLYtNECESSARY UGHTS TO BE USED
Charles C. Adams, Conmnittee 1 South Shore District, Nassau County J Fuel Administration, received the foi- j lowing telegram from H. A. Garfield, i Cnited States Fuel Administrator, on J ljcc<Dihor l.'ith: ^
"SIGN AND DlSPl.AY LIGHTING. | Ordor of F'uel Administrator tak- ] inii effect December fifteenth can- j eels present order regulating time \ advertising signs shall be lighted, j In its plaee all signs' of every -a kind including merc'.iants' signs, J tlieatre signs, also display lighting Oil buildings and «Msewhere, hotel '^ signs and advertising signs, are or¬ dered to dlsconliniie completely on-* Thursday and Sujiday nishts ot ¦ each week.
On these same nights stores not i nix'U for luisiness must not show inside lights more than are nec¬ essary for safety, and municlpall» ties with cluster lights or extra biiuht ligliling for white way ef¬ fect must reduce on Thursday and Sunday nights to only so roiK.11^ li.gbting as Is necessary for safety,
Those nights will be called Llght-^ less Nights, and we wish your lo¬ cal papers to urge householders to observe these nights with aB few lights In homes as poicslble.
Please understand the spirit ot (be order is that on Thursday and Sunday nights there shall he no^ more outdoor lighting than Is ab-; .solutWy necessary -for aafety ofi streets, passages, and dangerous spots, and that you are charged br the United States Fuel Adnalnlstra- ti-cn with giving full effect to this order, using the full authority; granted you by the Fuel Adu]lal»^
t rat lon to Individuu' The loc ' Nassau ('i Garfield ¦< stri<'tlv (I '
''or-^ (^ame ll tbere art:
Artm!n'''i"\f"'rs ln^] . !psiri!ct'-(< ''V Vri i; C.at tho ciJer
of their top Lno i ',n t"> Vn-frfc Indian atyli , "1 aet e.irlft en you side of > Man's land, '¦reate a senaalioi' r><""''''')ly co"!
'on, among the K-ilsei's Chr'Stll limioua, However, ever if Genrg^ AS'aebtngton did utilize Uin vuluabl*' services of the Redskins, It U* doqM- ful If our kind-hearted Presideat will; permit Oen. Pennine to anuitate biii^

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY
GENERAL CIRCULATION
VOLe 8. NOa 20e
FREKPORT. Ne Y. FRIDAY DECKMBER 21. 1917
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAH
ROOSEVELT HELPS RED CROSS DRIVE
BIGS FOR LOTALTT
Big Mass Meeting at
Hempatead in NatioH
Wide Gampaiga
Coloniil TJcodore Rooserelt, Miss Julia Marlowe and Dr. Allen Mac- UoRRle opened the Red Croas Drive for 30,000 menabcrs In Naasau Coun¬ ty by Rreat meetings In Hempstead Sunday. "There are four stars on the aervice flag flying at Saffamorc Hill," said Herbori S. Houston, Man¬ ager of the Morberslilp f'ainpalgn. In introducing ('olonei lUjosevelt, "and 'We all know he f.irneBtly dosir4»d to he the fifth star. Uiit behind the ser¬ vice flaK of the flKhtinK army is thn Tied CroRH Fla« of te Army of Mer¬ cy, anrl Colonel Koosevelt Is helping us mijcbtily to put ,30,000 membership crosses on that Hag hy ('hrlstma.s."
(Colonel ll()().-^l¦vl¦l| said:
"I aiipeal to Na.ssau Tounly to do Its full share and a little more than Its full share in tho Christinas Drive of f.lo Amerifsin Ited ("ross to se- eure 10,000,000 additional miMnbers for the army of slicnKtli and mercy wlilcli ili ,slaii(liiiK behind the soldii rs of (he flghtiuK lines. Cliristnias time is iipptoachlntr. We are all of us KoiuK to do our best to make Christ¬ inas hapiiy for the children in this counlry. inchidin'.; tlic cliildren whoso falliers ai'c in caitip or on the flght- \rni line at this time. r.,et us al.so do our Christnia.s duty to those same fat^iers and to our son.s and brothers in camp and on the righting line by joinInK the Red Cross. It is .in or¬ ganization devoted to practical hu- iTiauitarian ,servi('o in peace and in war. "^lic War |),'par!iiiciii audits Its accounts, reishing' and tlie men in France depend upon it. It is work¬ ing for onr army, it is vvoiklii;: for (llir navy, ll is working for our allies —now lot us all In our turn work for it.
".N'an.sau Coiiniy ha.s ic.-ipoiidfd finely to the call for volunieers to tho army and navy, In addition to furiiisbiii,'; j^lndl.v its full (luotii of itio drafted ni» ii. It h.is done iiiore l!aii its iiiloiied share in r.'iisint; money in the ^iiciii V. M. C. A. drive. Il liiiK subscribed iiiori' than it.s al- loltod .share for llic LIIhtIv Loans, Now let us do iiiiH'c than our duly for the Hod Ci'oss, and if wo do less than tlii> utiiio.si we can do we arc not doing our duty! Tho American Red ('I'os.s is vvorkin'-ic at !ioin«. and abroad. It is working for the -\llios, and it is wor lv ing for our own jieo. plo. In France the .Amoricaii Rod Cross is poi'foi'Hiin.i; a mission of vi¬ tal Iniporiance. Through its civilian relief it is Helping in tho trtMuen- doiis ta.sk nf restorin.i; one and ono- lialf millions French refu-^eos to nor¬ mal life in tho devastated '/.ones. It iiiis ereelod iirrciil wari^hoiiscs. filled llieiu Willi food and clothing, with furniture, tool.s and hospital goods, and thtvse aro being distributed. The Rod (^I'oss is helping to n^biiild ruin¬ ed vilhmes, il is liolpiim to see t'.iat rariiiK arc ii.u-ain boiiiK tilled, it is liolpin.!.; to reiiiiiio families. Throu.!:h lis own saiiitariuiiis it is helping lo care for a half million tiihercular eliildi'oii. It is visitinu: und rolldviiig Illi' families of thr .-soldiers at the
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Chabbuck's Drugstore
FREEPORT, N. Y.
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SUPERVISORS
MORTGAGE TAX
Divided Among the Vil¬ lages-Road Funds Distributed
On Friday last the Board of Su¬ pervisors ailwiatod the sum of |24,- 803.21, whieh the County Treasurer reported he had on Jand and which had hoen collected as taxes on mort- gaRes from November 1, 1H16, to Oc¬ tober 31, 1917. Tlie monies were dis¬ tributed as follows, the sumft credit¬ ed to the respective Supervisors go¬ ing into the General Fund of each township: To Supervisor of Hemp¬ .stead, $!»517.57; to Supervisor of North Hempstead', .?4378.13: to Su¬ pervisor of Oyster Hay. J7707.8!); to the Village, of Freeport, $460.14; to VilLiKo of Floral Park, f70.7.'-); vll¬ lnge of l.av^rence, $382.C7; VilaRO of Rockvillo Centre, $337.47; Village of HiMiipstc-vd, $:!77.f)n; K.ast Rockaw.ay, $7;i.71; I.ynhronk, $103.37; Codar- liurHl, $134.30; IxinR Beach, $434.70; U'oodshurg-h, $51.f)0; .Mineola, $!l8.nO; IMandoHio, $2!I.M; Sands Point, $218.- 48; Floral I'ark (lies in two town- ships). $16.23; Great Nock Estates.
$r)l.l!t; Village of .'Saddle Rock, $20.- 80; Soa Cliff, $210.50; Farmingdale, $52.33.
The Board apportioned the itoras of $1.50,000 and $250,000 provided for in tho county budget for the current year, and which are based on esti¬ mates of the County Superintendent of Highways for road maintenance and Improvement, in accordance with the raileaKe of the various roads In the townships of the (»unty.
The following araounta wero dia- trlhuted :
Town of HerapateAd, 113.61 mllea; maintenance, $57,160; lumprovement, $95,250.
Town of Nort^ HerapBtead, 73.35 miles; maintenance, $S€,900; im¬ provement, $61,500.
Town of Oyster Bay, 111.06 miles; maintenance, $55,950; innprovcraent, $93,250.
The Hoard approved the appoint¬ ment by the County Treasurer of .Miss Mabel Van Cott, of Hempstead, as stenographer in the County Trea«- uror's office, at an annual salary of $1000, The appointment is made from a civil .service list.
The Supervisors accepted t'.io con¬ tract of Alliert H. Hart, Jr., of l.yn¬ brook, for furnisliing all material and labor to construct concrete But¬ ters, catch basins with vitrified piric Mtriricd horseshoe agricultural tile on Hempstead Avenuo and Broadway, at l.ynlirook.
front. It is helping the French army. It *ias nine great warehouses in Franco supplying no less than 6000 I''r('nch military and civil hospitals with surgical dressings, doctors' ap¬ paratus of all kind.s, and all needful supplies gathered from every part of itie United States. It has opened can¬ teens where thousands of French sol¬ diers ci'ii liathe .and disinfect thoir clothing, ,ii;(M a simple luoal for a fow cents and sleep in comfort before lli(>y tako the trains for their homes. Recently to Italy it has sent over $1,0011,000 in money and needful sup¬ plies.
"Al home t'.ie Rod Cross is supple- mciiling the gDvernnieut in givin.tr fi¬ nancial aid to the dependent rniiii- lies of soldiers and sailor.s. 'U'liat i.< (•V(>n Dioi'i' iniporlaiit. however, it is seeking to aid those families to iiiniuiiiin t'.icii' standards of health, ediiiatiiii and industry. The Hed Cross pif>i)oses that whon the sol¬ diers and sailors return from the war they shall lind that tho families on- 1 rusted to the care of the lied Cross have maintained as far as is''huiiiaii- ly possible the os.sentlal standards of iieine life.
"In doini-', this work it has actively oiiga.i;ed three t'.ioiisand chapters and ten thousand branches and auxilia¬ ries ilu'oiijrlioiit the I'nitod Stales. It is aiding the military auC.ioritics in controllins sanitary eoiiditioiis in the civil cominunitios adjacent to army eneampuuuits and naval stations. It does this only on re(iuest from the stat(; and on the reeomiiiondation of the Surgeon-General. It works in t!ie closest ".larmoiiy with the Y. M. C. .\., Kniiihts of (¦olunibiis. and the I'oiiiiiiissiou on Training Camp -Activ¬ ities
¦'It is iloing its best to help our soldiers at home and ahi-oad. In l-^urope it furnishes the army and ii.'ivy haso liospital.s all the supplies and o(iuiiinient needed. It is acciiiu- lilatiiig an ciioriuoiis amount of hoti- pital supplies foi- our soldiers and sailors. Through its Hold directors it is supplying tlie moii in the can- toiiiiiciiis Willi sweaters, inutller.s and the like, and ciuorgeiu y medical siip- 1)1 irs lo t'.u' anny and navy medical ..(lieci's. Oicr a half million kuilted garmeiUft have iocn distrilmiod to the enlisted men of the army and navy. It lias orgiini/cd during f>io liisl oi^lit uKiuihrt .">7 army and navy base hospitals, over a dozen of which have already boon sent into service in France. It lias organi'/.ed already 4.') aiuluilanei. euiiipanles with a personnel of Gi^oO men. Some of ilieso coiiipniiies are serving in France and others in eaiitoninont.s in this country. It is eari'ving on in I'^riiiu'c liiorally couiitltss niilitary re¬ lief actUiiios, and iis work will con- sianlly increase a.-* long as the war Koes on, in order to meet Uic de¬ mands that will he made upon it.
"Last June tie Hed Cross asked the .Americiiti peuple for $l(lii,()liO,O0l). In resj^onsc the Ainericaii i>eople siil)- .serihed !pi20,0i)ii,()Oii. The Wav Coun¬ cil have now asked the Red Cross in the lield lo enroll lii.oOO.OOO new iiiemliers during Christmas week. Uet this tie done in t'.ie name of .Aiuorica! The money brought in will lie u good thing, but a far -lietter than will be the fact that t'^' succesis of this Membership Campaign will bring home to the peoplf of this country a full sense of their obligatious to America .and to all suffering man¬ kind, and will make tliem realize the. neeessity that every mau and every woman in the couutry must organize, whether in the line or back of it. To win this war as it 'should be won v*e need a disciplined nation at Cieback of a disciplined army at tbe front. We, the people of ibis democracy, must ourselvetf supply tlie uec«8iui.ry di8c'ipllD«.
"The Hed Crois» ia 8upi>lyiD.g and diatrlbutlux flftet^^ tooa ot hospital
and gi^neral relief supplies every month. Fourteen t'.iousand Red Cross nurses havo enrolled for service. A million women are working on sur¬ gical dressings, hospital garments, refugee clothingr and knitted gar¬ ments. .Many thousands of men aro woi'king in the Ked Cross lospital units, ambulance corps, iind relief associations. Let us all get behind these women and thi^se men.
"If on Chrlstnias moi'ning the Red Cross can announce to the world Cial 10.000,000 more Americans havo .ioined it, and tlieiohy signify their un(iualifled support of ouj- army and navy and to our nation in this war, I bo moral effect will be of inestima¬ ble value."
.Miss Julia Marlowe .stirred great oiiihiisiaKni by reciting "The Battle il.vfuii of the Hepuhlic," "Fliinders' l''ici(l" and John 11. Finloy'.s new liociii "The Spirii of the Hod Cross," and Dr. Allen MacRossie, who has recently returned from France, told of Ited Cros.s work on the liring line.
A CHARMING STORY BY FREEPORT LADY
This week there comes from the press of tbe Roycrofters a book by a well known citizen of Freeport, .Mrs. Isaliol Irene Klteiicb. The book follows closely upon the triumph for .suffra.i'.e on election day and fore¬ casts the influence of eaual suffrage upon "Tho Girl of the Golden p-u- iiiic," that bciii.ii tho title of a work thai tar e.\ccls its title in chami of subject and treatment.
It is a tirst book, but not a first pulilicaiion. as Mrs. Fltericii has written rather (>.\t(>usively on those suhjii'ts dealing with the broader lifi. for women. It is fitting that it slioiild be publis'.jcd hy the Unycrott- ii's ai Fast .Xiirora, .\. V., and had its lOiiiulei', KIbert Hubbard not been oiic of thai band of brilliant .Anieri¬ eaii lights who wont out in Ilic sink¬ ing of the lairiiiania, "Tho Girl of I'.ie Colden Future" would have made ll.'i' appeaiancf some time ago, an it was no loss a critic than he who lu'i'dii'ted its success and urged the iiii'hor lo write I'or a bigger i>iiblic. i:il)( It Hubbard becaiiu^ the iiispini- tiijii to a great many men and woiik u iu 'v'.ioiii he saw Uif possibilities for .Tcliiev I'inont and who are now jusii- fyiiig bis far seeing faitli in thein, ;ind it is not unlikely that a Freeport wo'uan will b(> one of them.
A trite little bit nf social pbiloso- |)liy a human interest sketch also by .Mrs. Klterh'h appears in tho Christ- jiias number of t'.ie Roycrofter Mag¬ azine. The iie-vv book will be on sale at Ihe leading book stores of the elty (lilll alM) in Fi'e(>port.
HV.U (KOSS
Wo acknowU (Ige with thanks the fol'iowiim contributions: .Mrs. R. Sea- vi r Barrie J.'i; .Miss licrtha Colburn, $X; a member. $5; .Mrs. J. S. Sum¬ ner, $5: hiisy Hees. $1. Total $24.
Kindly make checks payable to the t'neport Branch, American Red (Toss and send to .Mrs Alfred T. Davi'son, 11(1 Pine Sireet, Freeport.
SPEdAL AT THt STiU.SI*
.\ special Christmas bill has been urraused by Manager Kdel, of tae Sii'and Tlieatre, where .Marguerite Clark will be been aa tbe star in a phoiuradaptatiuu uf Haus Chrititiau Anderiion'B . says:
"It is requc^sted that every one in torost himself in this proposition, and ihat special elTorls be uuulc to have the children of employes. «rt Seaman, of Jericho, and John 11. Vandeveer, of Klinhurst.
At the end of this month Thomas II. Daion will have served thirty-sli years as treasurer of the Society. Mr. Hacon trill retire this year and will not seek re-»l«ctlon ovring to falling .lealtli. He hAs beeo uaanager of the borae departxueut of tlte So¬ ciety for tb.e past twenty-wveo years.
Apparently the editor of the Rock¬ ville Centre Owl has got haok from a journey that has taken him as far woat as the Flatbush Station. Felici¬ tations npon his return in safety to the editorial tripod and the bosom of his RolicltouB readers, and our sin¬ cere regreta that his temper has been ruffled by the vlclsaltudeB of travel upon that celebrated artery of com¬ merce, the I.>ong Island Railroad. To his sympathetic 'subscribers the edit¬ or confides the belief that hack of courtesy among this railroad's em- employes is on the upgrade, indeed "a triiveler being frequently scowled up¬ on for prosviming to ask a question." Such a complaint from so represen¬ tative a resident of hustling 11. V. C. naturally has our full sympathy. Per¬ haps the scowling minion did not rec¬ ognize his distinguished pas.senger in his new winter traveling suit of liot- tled green. Perhaps it was some such question as "Does thi.^ train stop at New York?" a natural enough question for an untraveled passenger to ask. thou.eh the railroad man m.iy have thought It foolish. Perliaps the train man had lost a night's ..sleep in ar.srumcnt with a spouse unduly sat¬ urated wit'a suffrage ideas and was in bad humor. Perhaps—but, no mat¬ ter, the fact is that somebody do- servos blame. Why not place it upon the broad shoulders of President Pe¬ ters, who has survived more cussing probably than any president since the days of Poppenhusen. The fault of Brcthcr Peters lies in the fact, it scorns to us, after weighty considera¬ tion of tie incident, that suflicient discrimination is not exercised in the selection of his employes. Otherwise tmin men -woiild know the difference between an editor and an ordinary piece of R. V. C. commuting cl.ay and repiilato their countenanoos accord- in.;j;iy. ,
Don't lot us gro"w nervous over the rumors from Washington about dis¬ cord In the Shipping Board. Thlnss will work out all right. Disagree- Tnents are bound to occur between dollar-a-year citizens and the ad¬ mirals, whom they boss. Truth Is. there are too many of botli on the same jo'b. .Meanwhile the building ot ships Is steadily going on, nothwith- Atandlng impressions to the contrary. Offlciai figures show that tJere are already under construction or con¬ tract 9,359,308 dead tons. The timid Congressman who deplored all this talk of discord and the inveBtigatlons hy {'ongress as so much washing of dirty linen in public, sure to hearten ent none of it in -Nassau Countv. There wasn't any election day for i;i.n Demnerats of this county. Thori' vv,-i.«n't oven the smell of money for ilu'ir district loaders. The purity of the ballot cannot be questioned in all Nassau this yoar, so far as they are conci rned. Their records as clean as a whistle.
"When Mr. Justice Crnpscy told the Hroome Coimty Bar .Association how he deplored "the tendency of some of our judges to cut loose from their lit^s with tlieir follow lawyers" and that "tho sense of oxclusiveness man¬ ifested i)y s(»me of them seems to be undemocratic," the .cravity of his ju¬ dicial associates is understood to have been seriously disturbed. Some of thorn are said to have smiled, nne or two snickered, and several laughed aloud, thus conveying thi^ impres¬ sion that coming from one so notice¬ ably disposed to flock by himself, as it wore, His Honor's address was somewhat in the nature of a judicial jo.^h, and the further impres.sion that his gubernatorial bark is now fairly hiiinehcd upon tho troubled political itreaiii. What with Khm Hrown in Ihe Wo.it, "William Barnes in the Mast mul Justice Cropsey in nroomo and Kings, Gov. W'.iitman doubtless real¬ izes that ho is dealing with noiiher slackers nor slugsaids in his efforts m secun. his rcnooiinatiou.
Tho South Side Observer wants to know who this Coniniissionor Wil¬ liams is who refuses the children of Kockvile Cintre the privilege of skat¬ ing on tho abandoned pond.s of the Hrooklyn watershed. That's easy. He's the chap wLio has been "re.eu- laiing" the water supply of the big city for Mayor ;Mitchell, Kvorybody on the Pipe Line from Ridgewood to .Massapequa knows him, and some of thera to their soi-row. If it is true ihat it takes nine tailors to make a man, it is equally true that the small¬ est (if glass hlown boUles will hold two Williamses. .Mayor Hylan will undoubtedly disposses him on Janu¬ ary 1 ,and Village President Wright's Mliplication in behalf of children skaters will midoiibtedly be granted by his successor. l.it not the V. P. weary in his well doing for his com¬ niunity.
That MiichoU campaign fund was worked ujiiin t^ic society people as iiidustrifjusly as Hilly Sunday evi^r '.voi'kcd the jmblic. If tliere is any iiicmlier of onr north shore colony of oiuilcnt \\lins; scarlet fever, 3; chicken pox, .'); (lipthei'ia 2; spinal meningitis, 1 (Camp .Mills) ; tuberculosis 1.
The Town Board granted permis¬ sion to Isador Maypr, of Freeport, to koop pigs (ill The Vandewater Farm at llciiip.stead.
The Town Board granted permis¬ sion to the Town Board ot Auditors to nuH'i one "..undnd aTul twenty days _ cacti year, hi ginning in 11)18. The' Auditors requested that they he per- iiiiiicd to meet 1.^0 days a year. They now inert eighty days each year.
T: e r.oard voted to allow propriet¬ ors of ))vllins places where the Bol- ilii l•^- ;uul sailors vote is counted a simi not to exceed five dollars for iictn.-^l and necessary expense*. i
It is ;ui .^pon secret IIkU State Com- Miiltecman lierlrani Gardner will unit his post of Deputy Internal Rev- , nue Collector on the :ilst inst., and possibly hecome identified with thd stick in a ten-cord pile of wood. He fits into nothing. He disorganizes Die whole pile. Vanity, absurd egotism, .'lbsolute absence of what makes a I man companionable, combine with ( wi'oiig-headednc.^s to make him per¬ sona non grata. If this man is ex- ji'llod it will b(\ in i)art at least, becau.si' nobody likes .'lini. .\nd as Ihe I'tiitiHl States loses nothing and Wisconsin loses nothing iu the elimi¬ nation of a near-traitor from the na¬ tional councils, so the hmiian fellow- sl'ip of Senators will suffer nut at 1(11. Hbullient humor, quick play of Ihe mind, even stinging satire that (ompcls respect are hifKing in I.a Follitte. He is a mere deiiia.^ogiu'. a (b iiiago.iiiie unredeemed and unre¬ deemable. Hrooklyn Masle.
Sonic word jxiinting, tliis. A lifi like piciiiii at that.
.\moii;; otliir nlloctions of the Hempstead hKiulrer Is one to the (fleet that there are a lot of sweat¬ ers on the store eoiinters at $2 per which might Ic madi' useful to the boys in tho trenches. If the editor knew anything about knitting he would know that sweatcr.s Is sweat¬ ers, however slovenly made or wheth¬ er they resoluble a meal .Hack or a frayed out 8toy tbe Aimcliea
ONLYtNECESSARY UGHTS TO BE USED
Charles C. Adams, Conmnittee 1 South Shore District, Nassau County J Fuel Administration, received the foi- j lowing telegram from H. A. Garfield, i Cnited States Fuel Administrator, on J ljcc Vn-frfc Indian atyli , "1 aet e.irlft en you side of > Man's land, '¦reate a senaalioi' r>